Canadian Summer Salad with Sunflower Seed Dressing
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Ingredients
| 1 head | leaf or | | Boston lettuce | | 1 cup | green beans, blanched | | 12 | cherry tomatoes | | 1 cup | snow peas, stems removed | | 1 cup | bean sprouts | | 4 | green onions, chopped | | 1/2 head | cauliflower, broken into florets | | 1/2 cup | unsalted sunflower seeds, shelled | | 1/2 cup | grated old Cheddar cheese |
Dressing
| 1/3 cup | sunflower seed oil | | 1/3 cup | fresh lemon juice | | 1/2 tsp. | salt | | 1/2 tsp. | freshly ground pepper |
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Instructions
Break the lettuce into bite sized pieces. Cut the green beans and tomatoes in half. Combine all the prepared vegetables in a large bowl.
To make the dressing, combine the sunflower seed oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Whisk briskly with a fork. Pour over the salad and toss.
Toss the dressed salad with the sunflower seeds and grated cheese. Serves 8.
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Author's Comments
Sunflower seeds salted in the shell are a most favoured snack on the Prairies, their popularity bolstered by the rumour that it takes more calories to get at the seed and eat it, than there are in the seeds. At summer resorts like Gimli and Winnipeg Beach, the summer residents spit seed shells and tell salty stories until their tongues are numb.
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